Krzysztof Komeda
Jazz musician and film composer Krzysztof Komeda is best known for his film scores for the movies of Roman Polanski and Ingmar Bergman. Born Krzysztof Trzcinski in 1931, he used "Komeda" as his last name because of Communism disfavor with jazz music. Professionally an ear, nose, and throat specialist, Komeda composed and played jazz piano, and was well received at the 1956 Sopot Jazz Festival. Komeda's chief musical accomplishments were in free jazz. Komeda performed and recorded with trumpeter Tomasz Stanko (from 1963 on) and Swedish tenor saxophonist Bernt Rosengren. His album Astigmatic (1965) is acknowledged as his masterpiece. His best-known work, however, was in the realm of film scores, which he focused on increasingly in the last years before his death. He scored over 40 films for directors including Polanski, Bergman, Andrzej Wajda, Henning Carlsen, and more. After composing the score for Polanski's famed American movie debut, Rosemary's Baby, Komeda was severely injured in a car wreck in Los Angeles. After emerging from a coma, Komeda returned to his wife, Zofia, in Warsaw, and died in 1969, not yet 40 years old. In 1998, the Power Brothers label reissued the much-hailed Memory of Bach, 1967's Nighttime, Daytime Requiem, and Mojo Ballada, which includes a different recording of the music for Polanski's Knife in the Water and pieces for Miroslaw Kijowicz's cartoons.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Astigmatic (Polish Jazz)
Krzysztof Komeda, Komeda Quintet, Zbigniew Namysłowski
Jazz - Released by WM Poland - WMI on Apr 28, 1965
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Roman Polanski's "The Fearless Vampire Killers"
Film Soundtracks - Released by Soundtrack Classics on Nov 1, 2012
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Ballet Etudes - The Music Of Komeda: A Jazz Message From Poland Presented By An International Quintet
Classical - Released by Parlophone Denmark on Jun 30, 2017
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Knife in the Water (Roman Polansky's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Soundtrack Classics on Nov 1, 2012
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Rosemary's Baby (Music From The Motion Picture Score)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Geffen on Jan 1, 1968
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Cul-De-Sac & Knife In The Water
Film Soundtracks - Released by Harkit Records on Apr 25, 2010
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Live At The Jazz Jamboree Festival 1961-1967
Jazz - Released by WM Poland - WMI on Sep 1, 2012
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Jazz in Polish Cinema: Out of the Underground 1958-1967
Krzysztof Komeda, Andrzej Trzaskowski
Bebop - Released by Jazz on Film Records on Nov 17, 2014
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Litania (Litania)
Krzysztof Komeda, Kwintet Krzysztofa Komedy
Jazz - Released by Polskie Radio S.A. on Sep 16, 2016
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The Dance of the Vampires
Film Soundtracks - Released by Bronzerat on Mar 21, 2015
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Le Départ
Film Soundtracks - Released by Harkit Records on Jun 6, 2010
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Mam tu swój dom
Film Soundtracks - Released by GAD Records on Apr 30, 2021
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Fearless Vampire Killers
Film Soundtracks - Released by Harkit Records on Mar 21, 2015
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Wyrok (Original 1962 Film Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Soundtrack Classics on Nov 1, 2012
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Dance of the Vampires
Classical - Released by Seriés Aphōnos. on Mar 21, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo